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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE SUPPLEMENT 
September, 1916 
A good style of brand should 
contain live items: The brand 
name; the grower’s name, ad- 
dress, variety and grade of apples 
See below. 
Information Cards 
For the information of the 
consumer and the instruction of 
the housewife, many growers 
have adopted the practice of 
inclosing in the head of the bar- 
rel a card similar to the following. 
Such a card should give the 
name of the variety, grade, prob- 
able season, and use. 
No. 25 
This barrel contains No. 
I Tolman Sweets. Season, 
Dec. to Feb. Fxcellent for 
baking. Require long bak- 
ing in moderateheat. Keep 
in temperature near ,32° but 
not below. Should there be 
any inperfections return 
this card with particulars 
to THE SMITH, JONES 
& BROWN CO., High 
Land, Wis. 
The Last Step 
Rain and sunshine are essen- 
tial for the growing of apples but 
they are very bad for packed 
apples. As fast as the barrels are 
packed they should be carted to 
the ware house or storage. The 
sooner they are gotten into a 
cool even temperature, the better 
for apples and barrels. Under 
no ciicumstances, leave the bar- 
rels exposed to sun or rain; the 
grower is sure to pay dearly for 
his carelessness when the apples 
an ive in market. 
Pointers 
1. Have everything in readi- 
ness. Plan your work and then 
work your plan. 
2. “Handle with care” is a 
good motto to follow always in 
handling apples. 
3. The wise man will order his 
barrels early. They should be 
kept in a cool shady place until 
needed. 
4. In as much as the packer is 
handling an article of food, lie 
should take care that his hands 
are clean and every apple as 
clean as can be. 
5. Avoid the fly nuisance. 
Trap the Hies. Keep packing 
shed clean. 
6. Before beginning to pack, 
make sure there aie no nails pro- 
jecting outside or in. Otherwise, 
you may feel the point of this 
admonition. 
7. The iron heading block is 
to be preferred to the wooden. 
8. In nailing on the liners, 
make sure that the ends of all 
boards in the head are caught by 
each liner. Six nails will be 
sufficient. 
9. Use a 16 stave barrel. It is 
hardly necessary to add that 
second hand barrels should never 
be used for shipping apples to 
market. 
10. All barrels should be re- 
moved from the orchard as 
rapidly as packed and stored in 
a cool place. Under no circum- 
stances allow the packed barrels 
to stand in the sun or rain. 
11. It will seldom be found 
profitable to pack apples under 
grade No. 2. Small apples are 
best made into cider. 
12. These instructions are of 
little use to the grower whose 
apples are not of standard quality. 
He is wasting time and effort in 
following them. 
13. Practice the fine points of 
packing; they determine the 
difference between a good pack 
and a poor one. 
Cart 
shipi 
Grin 
Jona 
